Automotive supplier Valeo and Natix Network announced this Thursday a strategic alliance to develop AI-powered autonomous driving models, integrating the Solana network. Marc Vrecko, CEO of Valeo’s Brain Division, emphasized that the main objective is to responsibly advance mobility intelligence within the modern vehicular sector today. This collaborative effort seeks to transform the global technological infrastructure through multi-camera systems that learn directly from interaction with the physical world.
Through the creation of the so-called World Foundation Model, these entities seek to overcome the limitations of current systems based solely on textual processing. This innovative proposal will allow vehicles not only to detect objects but also to learn and predict real-world movement effectively, adapting to complex physical environments with great operational precision during their daily routes. Thanks to this predictive approach, a smoother transition toward the total automation of international vehicle fleets is expected in the coming years.
Furthermore, the project stands out for its unwavering commitment to open source, releasing databases and essential tools for external developers to collaborate freely. In this way, Natix aims to accelerate innovation by allowing the global community to fine-tune these intelligent navigation capabilities, which represents a decisive step toward safe vehicular autonomy and total efficiency. The first functional version of this system is projected for the coming months, consolidating an unprecedented multi-camera database for the industry.
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On the other hand, the startup Wayve is already implementing these advanced systems, having conducted successful tests where a vehicle traveled through Las Vegas without prior city training. Alex Kendall, the company’s CEO, recently shared that the use of these models allows seamless navigation, demonstrating that physical artificial intelligence is the immediate future of driving through unknown cities. This ability to adapt without previous mapping suggests that the scalability of autonomous driving could be drastically accelerated across the world.
However, this initiative is part of the DePIN sector, which merges the power of the blockchain with community-owned physical infrastructure. By centralizing efforts on Solana, it is easier for participants to contribute valuable computing resources, receiving compensation in digital assets while helping to build a multi-camera data network that is extremely robust and scalable. This architecture allows for the collection of hundreds of millions of kilometers of driving data, essential for perfecting the safety of the new transport technology.
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Therefore, the decentralized approach allows physical artificial intelligence systems to be tested across a wider range of real weather and geographic conditions. By avoiding traditional closed frameworks, the ecosystem can move forward with greater speed, ensuring that safety is the central axis of each deployment, being a determining factor for user confidence in automation systems. Alireza Ghods, co-founder of Natix, emphasizes that the teams that manage to scale these models will define the foundation of the next technological wave.
Finally, this collaboration seeks to compete directly with solutions from large international corporations through the use of data collected from millions of driven kilometers. With a network that already has hundreds of thousands of contributors, the goal is to establish a standard for responsible and efficient mobility, allowing open artificial vision to define the course of the next generation of smart transportation. It is anticipated that this model will evolve into a physical intelligence capable of reasoning in high-complexity road emergencies.
